Primary Faculty

John D. Spengler

Akira Yamaguchi Professor of Environmental Health and Human Habitation

Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Departments

Department of Environmental Health

Other Positions

Akira Yamaguchi Research Professor of Environmental Health and Human Habitation

Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Biography

Stress reduction from landscape painting and live nature viewing: a comparative experimental study.

Tomasso LP, Bialowolski P, Spengler JD. J Glob Health 2025 May 16

PMID: 40375739
Associations between indoor air exposures and cognitive test scores among university students in classrooms with increased ventilation rates for COVID-19 risk management.

Dedesko S, Pendleton J, Young AS, Coull BA, Spengler JD, Allen JG. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 2025 Apr 09

PMID: 40204887
The influence of heatwaves on traffic safety in five cities across Québec with different thermal landscapes.

Nazif-Munoz JI, Gilani VNM, Rana J, Choma E, Spengler JD, Cedeno-Laurent JG. Inj Epidemiol 2025 Feb 28

PMID: 40022276
A modeling study of cool surfaces and outdoor workers productivity at San Francisco International Airport.

Alahmad B, Isachsen I, Alwadi Y, Taha H, Bernheim A, Cooke E, Wesley E, Kats G, Spengler JD. PNAS Nexus 2025

PMID: 39831154
Nature and human well-being: The olfactory pathway.

Bratman GN, Bembibre C, Daily GC, Doty RL, Hummel T, Jacobs LF, Kahn PH, Lashus C, Majid A, Miller JD, Oleszkiewicz A, Olvera-Alvarez H, Parma V, Riederer AM, Sieber NL, Williams J, Xiao J, Yu CP, Spengler JD. Sci Adv 2024 May 17

PMID: 38748806

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